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8.4 Van Der Riet 1
8.4 Van Der Riet 1
AQUACULTURE:
CONVERTING ART
INTO TECHNOLOGY
ALGAEUROPE - Dec2016
TOMALGAE PRODUCES MICROALGAE
TOMALGAE PRODUCES MICROALGAE
FOR AQUACULTURE
“Since artificial substitutes are inferior to live microalgae as feed for the
critical stages in the life cycles of several aqua-cultural species, a growing
demand for microalgae will go hand in hand with the expected growth of
aquaculture throughout the world.”
“… commercial marine hatchery operators throughout the world have tried and
discarded substitutes for live micro-algae.” (Heasman 2001)
Various
marine
planktonic
diatoms
TOMALGAE: SELECTING SUITABLE DIATOM
CULTIVAR
GENERAL ATTRIBUTES OF MICROALGAE USED IN AQUACULTURE:
Chaetoceros spp.
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DIATOMS USED IN AQUCULTURE
Thalassiosira spp.
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DIATOMS USED IN AQUACULTURE
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
CHOICE OF TOMALGAE:
A ‘THALASSIOSIROID’ DIATOM
( ORDER THALASSIOSIRALES )
- Thalassiosira weissflogii
- Thalassiosira pseudonana
- Cyclotella cryptica
REED MARICULTURE INC
http://reedmariculture.com/product_instant_algae.php
SeaAg, Inc., founded 1989 Florida, Joe Weissman and
John Benemann, to produce littleneck clams on-shore
(grow diatoms in open ponds for seed clams and grow –out)
Cyclotella
grown in
open ponds, Clam hatchery -
fed to clams nursery
From
larvae
to seed
to
market
size
THALASSIOSIROID CULTIVAR OF TOMALGAE
• Breeding program
• Temperature factor
• Rigorous control of culture contamination
• Nutritious quality control
• Securing the integrity of cells during concentration, preservation and
rehydration
DIATOMS: SEXUAL BREEDING
CURRENTLY FUTURE
Control over triggering and intensity “Cross the best with the best,
of sexual reproduction select the best, and … hope for the best!”
(John W. Snape, 2004)
DR. JOHN BENEMANN (2010)
Pre-concentration Centrifugation
Freeze-dried microalgal powder
PRESERVING THE QUALITY: FREEZE DRYING & PACKAGING
THALAPURE:
AS FREEZE-DRIED POWDER
After freeze-drying,
nutritional quality of the powder remains
as high as the live algae, e.g. (PUFAs):
THALAPURE: KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF
CELLS AT ALL STAGES OF GROWTH AND
PROCESSING
Correct rehydration
Incorrect rehydration
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hepatopancreas midgut
Zoea II
MICROALGAE FOR AQUACULTURE:
CONVERTING ART INTO TECHNOLOGY
Thalapure for shrimp hatcheries: